APC Document 9: Remove IP grading designation for CLAS 495

Effective Date: Fall 2010

1. Delete: On pages 99 and 100, in the course descriptions for CLAS 495:

(IP grades are approved for this course.)

Impact:

This proposal may have a beneficial impact on faculty workload, since we will no longer have to continue to work semester after semester with individual students who have been delaying completion of their thesis, in some cases literally for years.

Rationale:

CLAS 495 is now taught as a class each Fall, rather than on an individual basis as previously done. We are concerned that some students use the IP designation to delay completion of their thesis indefinitely. By removing this option so that they can only take an Incomplete, students will be forced to complete their thesis in a more timely fashion, thus enabling them to graduate on time.